Planning and Development

Mission Statement

To enhance the quality of life for the citizens of Little Rock by providing a Department which encourages quality growth, development and redevelopment and the stabilization of neighborhoods through a concentrated effort of planning, land use controls, Historic Preservation, permitting and enforcement.

Helpful Information

Zoning Verifications: fax written request with address and legal description of the property to (501) 371-6863.

Regularly scheduled meetings of the Little Rock Planning Commission, Board of Adjustment, and Historic District Commission are held in the Board Chambers, second floor City Hall, 500 West Markham Street.

Information on heritage tourism in Little Rock has been developed by the Little Rock Historic Commission. Permit activity reports for this year as well as Annual Statistical reports are available in the Statistics and Reports section.

Transportation Plans, this map shows proposed and existing routes from the Master Street Plan for Roads (Master Street Plan Map) and Bicycles (Master Bike Plan Map). Proposes routes are general in nature and have not been designed and engineered.

Other selected maps are are available below as PDF documents ( Adobe Acrobat format).